Miliara Eleni, Kalokairinou Athena, Schetaki Stefania, Patelarou Evridiki, Patelarou Athina
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion, Greece.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Sep 10;12(18):1811. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12181811.
For several years, the global scientific community has accepted and recognized the importance of evidence-based practice for nursing science. The main factor for the implementation of evidence-based practice is the competence of undergraduate nursing students towards evidence-based practice, so that they as active nurses are ready for its application in their clinical practice, in order to provide better care for their patients. The aim of the present study is to examine the level of evidence-based practice competency evaluated with the self-reported Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire. It is important to mention that such a study has not been conducted on nursing students in Greece, but only on registered nurses. A quantitative study based on cross-sectional design was conducted from February to June 2022 in a convenience sample of Greek undergraduate nursing students. The SPSS 26.0 program was used to perform descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses. A total of 175 undergraduate students participated at the Hellenic Mediterranean University Department of Nursing (Greece), specifically from the 2nd and 3rd academic years. The mean score of the Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire for nursing undergraduate students was 3.03 ± 0.26, indicating moderate evidence-based practice. Among the Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire dimensions, mean scores of 3.03 ± 0.32 for attitude toward evidence-based practice, 3.01 ± 0.49 for skills in evidence-based practice, and 3.03 ± 0.49 for knowledge in evidence-based practice were obtained. Significant differences among participants' mean Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire scores regarding gender ( = 0.766), age ( = 0.400), academic year ( = 0.153), and training in the field of research methodology ( = 0.538) were not found. It appears that the level of readiness towards evidence-based practice is mediocre among undergraduate nursing students at a university in Greece. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out new studies in the future, so that there is a correct approach of all the elements that contribute to the readiness of nursing undergraduate students regarding evidence-based practice.
几年来，全球科学界已经接受并认识到循证实践对护理科学的重要性。实施循证实践的主要因素是本科护理学生对循证实践的能力，以便他们作为执业护士能够在临床实践中应用循证实践，从而为患者提供更好的护理。本研究的目的是通过自我报告的循证实践能力问卷来检验循证实践能力水平。需要指出的是，希腊尚未针对护理专业学生开展此类研究，仅针对注册护士进行过研究。2022年2月至6月，对希腊本科护理专业学生的便利样本进行了一项基于横断面设计的定量研究。使用SPSS 26.0程序进行描述性、双变量和多变量分析。共有175名本科生参与了希腊地中海大学护理系（希腊）的研究，具体来自第二和第三学年。护理本科生循证实践能力问卷的平均得分是3.03±0.26，表明循证实践水平中等。在循证实践能力问卷的维度中，循证实践态度的平均得分为3.03±0.32，循证实践技能的平均得分为3.01±0.49，循证实践知识的平均得分为3.03±0.49。未发现参与者的循证实践能力问卷平均得分在性别（=0.766）、年龄（=0.400）、学年（=0.153）和研究方法领域培训（=0.538）方面存在显著差异。希腊一所大学的本科护理学生对循证实践的准备水平似乎一般。因此，未来有必要开展新的研究，以便正确处理有助于本科护理学生做好循证实践准备的所有因素。
